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Maurice Horn, the editor of World Encyclopedia of Comics, has described cartoonist PRAN as the man who created such number of characters which earned him the title, Walt Disney of India. (page 42. 1999 edition)

Entertaining generation after generation, his comics have been constant companion of every youngster's growing up, who regularly enjoys the exploits of his famous characters, CHACHA CHAUDHARY, SABU, SHRIMATIJI, PINKI, BILLOO, and RAMAN etc. Over 500 titles selling in the market, his strips appear regularly in numerous newspapers of the country. His CHACHA CHAUDHARY was the first Indian comics adapted to a TV serial which ran continuously to 600 episodes on a premier channel Sahara ONE.

After doing M.A. (Political Science) and a four year course in Fine Arts, he created first indigenous comics for his country. Traveled widely over the globe, he has delivered speeches on the subject of comics at International Conferences held in many countries. He was honoured with,'Man of The Year 1995 Award' by Limca Book of Records.